Why Would I Write

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  • 2storeytreat #6: A Million Different Weddings

    In the second last part of this 2storeytreat series, here is the title track off my upcoming EP. I took a break this week to practice the vocals- I went in to the studio last week pretty unprepared and wasted quite a lot of time trying to nail Paperback Romance, so I figured I should practice at home before I go in to the studio and finish the rest of the vocals.

    So this is the latest song I’ve written and I’ve been performing it at every gig since then, cos it will be the first song I intend to send out to radio/wherever to promote this EP. Hopefully it gets picked up. Haha

    A Million Different Weddings

    A million different weddings
    Happening all over again
    Let’s break up and do it again!
    Let’s break up and do it again!

    Here comes the sweetest part
    The honeymoon get away and after that
    It’s “Fly me to the moon,
    Just fly me to the moon!
    To get away from you honey!”

    She puts on her make up
    She puts on that dress
    She puts the veil over her head

    He puts on his bow-tie
    He pins his corsage
    He downs another shot

    How many does he need to go through
    Before he finds the one?

    She puts on light make up
    She wears that suit
    She puts her name on the line

    He puts on his best smile
    He holds his head high
    He downs another shot

    AMDW. I wrote this song awhile ago when my parents were going through a separation (they are unofficially divorced) and I realized that failed marriages weren’t as rare as I thought they were. I discovered that a number of my friends had separated/divorced parents as well, and I felt like writing a song about it.

    Originally the song was going to be about how marriages not lasting forever. And that the gold ring might as well be a piece of paper. I wasn’t going anywhere with the song so I left it alone at that. Many months later, I came up with a chord progression on the guitar and tried to see if I could sing anything over it. I picked up my lyric book, randomly flipped to this song and sang along to it. I was one line short and decided to repeat the “let’s break up and do it again” line and realized that it was pretty catchy. So I picked up the song from where I left off and rewrote the verses.

    It basically talks about a bride and groom getting ready to walk down the aisle and after that, the same couple getting ready to go to court. The chorus is about how marriages are so casual (let’s break up and do it again!) and the best part of it is the honeymoon.

    Why the title track of my EP? Well it was the coolest title I had from the list of songs I chose and I actually titled my EP AMDW before I even finished writing the song. And the imagery I had in mind for the album cover that came from the title seemed really cool as well.

    And thanks a lot to everyone who has submitted their drawings so far, I’m still accepting them! Refer to my previous post if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

    Happy labor day, kids! Have a great weekend.

  • Slight update

    Been reaaaaaally really busy with work/recording/having fun(haha) so i’m sorry for the lack of updates. With my internet at home being down 6/7 days of the week doesn’t help either. Will update soon this week.

    In the meantime, I’d like guys to take out your pencils and paper- cos I have this fantastic idea for an album cover, and it needs all you people 😀

    I want you to draw a picture of me in a wedding suit. (No not a bride’s dress, but groom’s tux or something along those lines). It doesn’t have to be incredibly detailed or complex, or fantastic, whatever, I’m accepting anything. Just a simple drawing of me dressed up, front view, standing straight, hands by the side. A full body drawing if possible, if not I’ll just make do with it. Submit your drawings to me at geowongyt@hotmail.com and let me know by dropping a comment here, just in case it ends up in my spam folder :p

    Sorry I can’t pay you for your masterpiece, I’m short on cash myself, BUT- your name will be mentioned in the cd’s liner notes! No color drawings- just black and white. If you don’t have a scanner, draw it on paper, and take a good quality picture of it and send it to me (make sure you’re taking the picture right above the paper so the perspective isn’t altered). If you don’t know what I look like (how can you not?! gasp!) refer to my facebook/pictures of me floating around the internet. I’m pretty sure I’ve drawn cartoons of me before, open your eyes!

    Submit them to me by the 8th of May. Thank you!

  • 2storeytreat #5: Sherlock Holmes

    Part 5 of my 2storeytreat series

    Sherlock Holmes

    You can stop pretending, this charade is ending
    I can see through this, I can see through you
    I know what you told me, was just what you told him
    With a little twist and change, of places and names

    You’re lying to me
    I don’t need to be
    Sherlock Holmes
    To figure out what’s going on

    Situation’s changing, you can’t stop complaining
    I can see you want out, why don’t you just ask out?
    I know that it’s over, we just can’t be lovers
    What’s the point of fighting now? If it won’t sort things out?

    I can see that you’re doing all these things
    That you’re not proud of and you really
    Don’t want me to see or catch you in the act

    You’re lying to me
    I don’t need to be
    Sherlock Holmes
    To figure, to figure you out

    So, this song actually began with the main riff repeated throughout the song- I was in the shower and suddenly I just hummed that tune. I quickly finished bathing and figured out how to play it on guitar. I recorded it and then figured out a chord progression and the music was done. I think the lyrics came a few days later when I had an idea about writing a song about a relationship falling apart from lies.

    The lyrics are pretty straightforward. It wasn’t based on a real experience (I don’t think I’ve been cheated on before haha) and I like how I managed to write a song using ‘Sherlock Holmes’. I don’t think there are too many songs out there with the same title either.

    This is one of the few songs that I’ve actually written with a lead guitar part that goes on throughout the whole song. So when I play it live, I have to hum the riff at the start. More worthless trivia for you guys :p